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peace, human rights, and energy? the environment? >> i would say energy and environment are connected. we had an energy policy that cut down our imports of oil by 50% in just five years. when ronald reagan came in, he said we do not need to save energy, we have a great nation on the top of the hill or something like that. we can waste all we want. we do not have to conserve. he undid all he could. a lot of things we passed were embedded in law. they resulted in tremendous reductions in waste of energy in all types of things. we also started the use of solar energy and windmills and hydroelectric and that sort of thing. we halted with that. china has now taken over and is the number 1 producer. they make advanced windmills and total take cells and so forth. -- photovoltaic cells and so forth. had the energy policy not been abandoned, we would not be in the shape we are now. we had peace. we never dropped a bomb, never fired a missile during the time i was in office, and still upheld the integrity and good faith of our country. in huma
peace, human rights, and energy? the environment? >> i would say energy and environment are connected. we had an energy policy that cut down our imports of oil by 50% in just five years. when ronald reagan came in, he said we do not need to save energy, we have a great nation on the top of the hill or something like that. we can waste all we want. we do not have to conserve. he undid all he could. a lot of things we passed were embedded in law. they resulted in tremendous reductions in...
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it is smart. >> it is built on a fundamental contradiction, which is that the energy of the tea party is that the government out of my life, but do not touch my medicare, do not touch my benefits. that basic contradiction is in the end going to take the tea party down, but that is what politicians are stuck on and somebody needs to be honest about it. >> we have seen this before, maybe not of this magnitude, but remember ross perot came around and he was talking about spending and the deficit as well. when you are on the outcome is easy to criticize the people who are on the the ins, especially when things are going badly. this is what is happening to the democrats now. the tea party people are able to muscle the kind of dissatisfaction that is out there now to their side. but the question now for the democrats is -- this is not an insoluble problem. >> politico published the results of a daily kos poll -- 63% of republicans think obama is a socialist, 33% to not think he was born in the united states, 23% think that their state should secede from the union. this is hardly mainstream.
it is smart. >> it is built on a fundamental contradiction, which is that the energy of the tea party is that the government out of my life, but do not touch my medicare, do not touch my benefits. that basic contradiction is in the end going to take the tea party down, but that is what politicians are stuck on and somebody needs to be honest about it. >> we have seen this before, maybe not of this magnitude, but remember ross perot came around and he was talking about spending and...
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talked about the president that was not at the top of his popularity, a war we could not win, nuclear energy and the threat of nuclear war. we haven't solved any problems that we were talking about. if we do it again, we haven't fixed one problem. tavis: rowan and martin. >> they were one of the funniest nightclub act you ever saw. to sell the show, they wanted a host. there were a little older, there were more of the establishment, so they were in the middle. the crazy happened around them. had they were great. tavis: where people begging you to come on the show? >> not at the beginning. cher had never done a comedy show. she just worked with sonny. sonny was reading the script in cher was laughing. he did not realize that the show had no songs. i said, billy, where is the song? you know, the mountie number. they came back in 10 minutes and she did it with tim conway, and billy wound up writing for them. a lot of it was an accident, of the moment. tavis: i assume that you see it as one of the crown jewels in your long and distinguished career in this town? >> i have done a lot of specials w
talked about the president that was not at the top of his popularity, a war we could not win, nuclear energy and the threat of nuclear war. we haven't solved any problems that we were talking about. if we do it again, we haven't fixed one problem. tavis: rowan and martin. >> they were one of the funniest nightclub act you ever saw. to sell the show, they wanted a host. there were a little older, there were more of the establishment, so they were in the middle. the crazy happened around...
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the economy needs energy to strengthen and grow. and continued investment in energy resources over the long term. exxonmobil is investing at record levels. over the next four years, we're looking at spending more than $100 billion in new energy-related products. we invest for the long term, so we're able to help support growth that we know the economy needs. >> additional funding for "washington week" is provided by boeing, pepsi, the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. evan bayh's surprise announcement that he would not run for re-election was the equivalent of a scab being ripped off the political tension that's been mounting in washington. maybe that sounds a bit drament he can but -- dramatic but consider the events of the week. by quit he said he could do more good in the private sector than democrats have been able to do in the public one. >> for some t
the economy needs energy to strengthen and grow. and continued investment in energy resources over the long term. exxonmobil is investing at record levels. over the next four years, we're looking at spending more than $100 billion in new energy-related products. we invest for the long term, so we're able to help support growth that we know the economy needs. >> additional funding for "washington week" is provided by boeing, pepsi, the annenberg foundation, the corporation for...
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i think the president was doing a couple of things on his energy message. one, he was trying to explain oil prices go up and down. we're in an up phase and we will be in a down phase eventually too. but he also wanted to set it against the broader context of the need to be doing some long-term things towards energy dependence and he wanted to rebut this idea that somehow these oil prices are going up because he's preventing drilling from happening. gwen: you talk about paradoxes. what -- one of the paradoxes you saw today, when you talk about intervention, you talk about intervention when it comes to something like a tsunami and an earthquake, japan sour ally, the pictures are horrific, people say what can you do to get over there to help. when you talk about intervention in libya, it's a little more complicated and that's been a source of a lot of the debate this week as well. >> it's a lot more complicated. the problem the president faces and his aides face on libya is there are a lot of different kinds of interveng that sound bloodless and sound easy, no
i think the president was doing a couple of things on his energy message. one, he was trying to explain oil prices go up and down. we're in an up phase and we will be in a down phase eventually too. but he also wanted to set it against the broader context of the need to be doing some long-term things towards energy dependence and he wanted to rebut this idea that somehow these oil prices are going up because he's preventing drilling from happening. gwen: you talk about paradoxes. what -- one of...
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we weren't doing enough on innovation or clean energy. and so that certainly has been a priority. but i think if you say what's the one word that comes out of my mouth it's jobs. >> jobs, jobs, jobs. >> as many times as you want me to say it. >> rose: let's talk about growth and gdp. >> uh-huh. normally coming out of a recession this severe you would have much more rapid growth. >> rose: right. >> so normally would you be thinking six, seven percent, and so part of that three percent forecast for next year is a sign that we do think this is a particularly hard recession, different recession, a lot of headwind. >> different because. >> because it was caused by a financial crisis, something by far the norm is a recession caused by monetary. >> and generally, the recession, the real economy, and the financial economy follows, i think, are you the economist, not me. this was different. >> this was different. >> lead by the financial sector. >> it was. a typical recession in the u.s. has been caused by the fed tightening to bring inflation down. what that meant is as soon as inflation
we weren't doing enough on innovation or clean energy. and so that certainly has been a priority. but i think if you say what's the one word that comes out of my mouth it's jobs. >> jobs, jobs, jobs. >> as many times as you want me to say it. >> rose: let's talk about growth and gdp. >> uh-huh. normally coming out of a recession this severe you would have much more rapid growth. >> rose: right. >> so normally would you be thinking six, seven percent, and so...
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one of my campaign promises was to step outside the box and look to the solar, the energy coervation manufacturing areas. andlso that arena is what the president and the congress are funding n, fundinghese projects. weant to be in the forefront of tha even in smallown philadelphia, our mindset is to th future. al, community policin where policand commuty work together, not agains each othe our health care system, we need to fix it. we have an agent hospital at i ave got my start in bically. i start off as a for sweeper here at the hospital. and was given an opportuny to move forwad and to become what i amoday. so i got a lot of hrt. i got aot of rootsnto things that i pusheduring my campgn. and i tried to be a sinceres possible. my hea is in philadelphia. i love philelphia. that may beind of strange coming from me, but i love it. i wa born and raised there. myarents were born and raised there. and iust wanted to be a part ofhe change and to me, to even imagine me being mayor todawas -is just fantastic. i -- i'm jtotally humbled by this opportunity. i tell one ofy classmates, who woul
one of my campaign promises was to step outside the box and look to the solar, the energy coervation manufacturing areas. andlso that arena is what the president and the congress are funding n, fundinghese projects. weant to be in the forefront of tha even in smallown philadelphia, our mindset is to th future. al, community policin where policand commuty work together, not agains each othe our health care system, we need to fix it. we have an agent hospital at i ave got my start in bically. i...
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he is at least showing some energy. but he has got to be an arm twister behind the scenes, and he is not lyndon johnson. but this is really, really serious now. this is his moment of leadership. this is no joke. he has got to get it done. >> nina? >> in the modern era, there isn't it a lyndon johnson, and the criticism of him, by david brooks this week, is that he's too much like the senate majority leader. the president has a bully pulpit, and he used it, and that at the republicans started screaming bloody murder indicates that they are worried about it. >> charles? >> the problems this at -- problem is that this has the feel of a town with a leader was not leading. he did not propose a budget -- well, the one he did it was voted down by the senate 97-0, it was so preposterous. the democrats in congress have not proposed a budget in two years. the republicans have. what we have is a president in full campaign mode was not proposing anything in public -- who knows whether in private. it seriously, there is no democrati
he is at least showing some energy. but he has got to be an arm twister behind the scenes, and he is not lyndon johnson. but this is really, really serious now. this is his moment of leadership. this is no joke. he has got to get it done. >> nina? >> in the modern era, there isn't it a lyndon johnson, and the criticism of him, by david brooks this week, is that he's too much like the senate majority leader. the president has a bully pulpit, and he used it, and that at the...
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he is at least showing some energy. but he has got to be an arm twister behind the scenes, and he is not lyndon johnson. but this is really, really serious now. this is his moment of leadership. this is no joke. he has got to get it done. >> nina? >> in the modern era, there isn't it a lyndon johnson, and the criticism of him, by david brooks this week, is that he's too much like the senate majority leader. the president has a bully pulpit, and he used it, and that at the republicans started screaming bloody murder indicates that they are worried about it. >> charles? >> the problems this at -- problem is that this has the feel of a town with a leader was not leading. he did not propose a budget -- well, the one he did it was voted down by the senate 97-0, it was so preposterous. the democrats in congress have not proposed a budget in two years. the republicans have. what we have is a president in full campaign mode was not proposing anything in public -- who knows whether in private. it seriously, there is no democrati
he is at least showing some energy. but he has got to be an arm twister behind the scenes, and he is not lyndon johnson. but this is really, really serious now. this is his moment of leadership. this is no joke. he has got to get it done. >> nina? >> in the modern era, there isn't it a lyndon johnson, and the criticism of him, by david brooks this week, is that he's too much like the senate majority leader. the president has a bully pulpit, and he used it, and that at the...
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. >> where do you think this energy derives from? this extreme conservative energy, but it is sincere and genuine. now it is measured. >> their two sources to the there is a historic source. america was founded as an anti- tax entity, as your ex fellow countrymen in know well. and there have always been periodic populist uprising. >> but this is larger than tax, isn't it? >> it is. it is an accumulation of things to address specifically, to some degree, i think it is based on the fact that president obama's election was really based, and we now recognize more on his own personal charisma and not so much on policy grounds -- >> and so much a reaction against the previous republican. >> obviously, a reaction against the previous two but i do not believe the independents who were attracted to obama necessarily expected the agenda to be enacted with the democratic congress. >> i have a feeling his problem is not his agenda but his inability to convince people of its merit. >> i would like to get back to the word that phil used which is c
. >> where do you think this energy derives from? this extreme conservative energy, but it is sincere and genuine. now it is measured. >> their two sources to the there is a historic source. america was founded as an anti- tax entity, as your ex fellow countrymen in know well. and there have always been periodic populist uprising. >> but this is larger than tax, isn't it? >> it is. it is an accumulation of things to address specifically, to some degree, i think it is...
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. >> many have spoken out on the need to transition to a clean energy future. act exelon, we are acting. by 2020 we are committed to reducing, of setting, or displeasing, more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually, from cleaning operations, helping customers and communities reduce emissions, and offering more low carbon electricity in the marketplace. at exelon, we are taking action and seeing results. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television. now, your program host, nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king, and co-host linda gasparello. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello again, and thank you some much for coming along. i told you i was going to introduce you to one of the most interesting and productive people i know, and here in is, craig shirley, the offer of two books on ronald reagan, both of which were on the "the new york times" best seller list, and of this extraordinary volume that has just come out and which, if you are at al
. >> many have spoken out on the need to transition to a clean energy future. act exelon, we are acting. by 2020 we are committed to reducing, of setting, or displeasing, more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually, from cleaning operations, helping customers and communities reduce emissions, and offering more low carbon electricity in the marketplace. at exelon, we are taking action and seeing results. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in...
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closedown department of energy or education, for example, all that have been mentioned? or keep everything as it is and under funded everything so it is a rather incompetent government because it is under funded? >> everything, llewellyn, you talk about are things that could be dealt with and would be dealt with if congress and the president were on the same page. there have been opportunities for it. but first and firmer host: -- >> we have a democratic congress and democratic president. we have had a republican and a republican. and we had what the french call -- cohabitatio. but we still don't get the savings. we can talk about smaller government but we don't get smaller government. the government grew under ronald reagan, it grew under george bush, the government grows because we keep making it grow because more problems, along that need solutions. >> again, i say that the value of the tea party movement -- first of all, if i may say so -- but with all the respect pretty dam -- with all due respect. most t partying -- tea partiers cannot now as they are there for the
closedown department of energy or education, for example, all that have been mentioned? or keep everything as it is and under funded everything so it is a rather incompetent government because it is under funded? >> everything, llewellyn, you talk about are things that could be dealt with and would be dealt with if congress and the president were on the same page. there have been opportunities for it. but first and firmer host: -- >> we have a democratic congress and democratic...
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our focus, our energy, our hard has to be unimpressed by america. >> charlie: thank you for coming. you promised me an hour at some point so at some point we'll schedule you in. >> i want it. >> charlie: elizabeth warren, back in a moment. stay with us. >> charlie: over the past year the tea piert movement has grown from a few scatter protests to a national political force. rally across the country members have awe tected federal government in the policies of president obama. it holds higher approval ratings among the republicans and democrats. leaders in the republican party open to harness the movements energy in order to take back control of both houses of congress next fall. joining me now, dick armey. he is a former republican congressman and house majority leader, chairman of the non-profit freedomworks, he's become closely involved with the tea party movement. i'm pleased to have him back on this program. welcome. >> thank you. >> charlie: what is freedomworks. >> freedomworks is in fact the longest standing most effective conservative small government grassroots organization
our focus, our energy, our hard has to be unimpressed by america. >> charlie: thank you for coming. you promised me an hour at some point so at some point we'll schedule you in. >> i want it. >> charlie: elizabeth warren, back in a moment. stay with us. >> charlie: over the past year the tea piert movement has grown from a few scatter protests to a national political force. rally across the country members have awe tected federal government in the policies of president...
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whether it is pension or job creation, energy or the issues that we all know we have to address if we will compete effectively? tavis: what reason is there for republicans to compromise and help the president put points up on the board? why help out? >> i think ultimately people will be judged now that they control one house of having some responsibility. they had the opportunity in the first two years of saying no to everything. now they don't have that opportunity because they have responsibility. when the president lays out his agenda which i expect to be about competitiveness and how we deal with china and india, and what we have to do internally to compete effectively, he is going to ask republicans to be a part of that. they could very well respond to that, because everybody in america knows if we don't have a better education system, if we don't reduce the deficit, if we don't stimulate job creation, that the others in the world that are advancing fast will catch up and pass us. tavis: you call for republicans to compromise. the flip side is the president might compromising. wh
whether it is pension or job creation, energy or the issues that we all know we have to address if we will compete effectively? tavis: what reason is there for republicans to compromise and help the president put points up on the board? why help out? >> i think ultimately people will be judged now that they control one house of having some responsibility. they had the opportunity in the first two years of saying no to everything. now they don't have that opportunity because they have...
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i think it would lift spirits of the campaign and provide some energy. governor romney is running a very good campaign right now and he's closed the gap and leading in some polls but i think this would be an added benefit. >> rose: he has enough preparation to be one heart beat away from the president. >> i believe so. look, he has more experience than barack obama had when he ran and more practical experience. and certainly got the intellectual acumen and the fortitude to be a good president. and i have a special place in my heart for him. it's hard to describe the pride i feel for his incredible success. and how well he has moved into the job of being united states senator with humility, not trying an arrogant guy. to learn the trade, if you will. and he's got great, people in washington really admire him. >> rose: he's taking time to give some well thought out speeches on foreign policy. >> that's his strength, that's where he's focused. and you know, look, there are other great candidates as well. portman, o'connell, christy, paul ryan i think would
i think it would lift spirits of the campaign and provide some energy. governor romney is running a very good campaign right now and he's closed the gap and leading in some polls but i think this would be an added benefit. >> rose: he has enough preparation to be one heart beat away from the president. >> i believe so. look, he has more experience than barack obama had when he ran and more practical experience. and certainly got the intellectual acumen and the fortitude to be a good...
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so if you want civilian nuclear energy, you don't need to enrich. the only reinyou need to enrich is not for nuclear energy is to enable you to build nuclear bombs that's why canada and mexico don't need enrichment, that's why sweden and switzerland don't need enrichment snivment do you -- >> do you think you can proveve that to iranians and then be prepared to make a deal. >> and prove it? no, i can't prove it much these people are very cynical. look at what -- was saying in the u.s. we are for democracy the tragedy in syria, we are against terrorism. come this, this isn't serious. it isn't a question of proving to them it's to lining up the -- >> rose: you seem to be saying we should go forward with the negotiations and see if we can find a better route than having them try to have a nuclear weapon become, have the ability and be close to the abili within weeks so that you believe israel or the united states will have to strike. >> the question is can you negotiate with somebody who is not trustworthy. of course you c c you do all the time. >> ros
so if you want civilian nuclear energy, you don't need to enrich. the only reinyou need to enrich is not for nuclear energy is to enable you to build nuclear bombs that's why canada and mexico don't need enrichment, that's why sweden and switzerland don't need enrichment snivment do you -- >> do you think you can proveve that to iranians and then be prepared to make a deal. >> and prove it? no, i can't prove it much these people are very cynical. look at what -- was saying in the...
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[laughter] energy independence -- nationalism has become the underlying premise. >> two points on that speech. it looks like the president's policy on oil is drill in brazil. second, he said we would cut imports by 1/3 starting on the day of the swearing-in. why did he choose that day? that day we imported 11 million barrels a day, and today it is 9.7 million because of recession. he hasn't lifted a finger. the man is hope and change. [laughter] >> no comment. the congressional budget battles. >> they want to shut the government down and turn you into their scapegoat and say it is the tea party's fault for shutting the government down. >> that is minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann added tea party rally on capitol hill. tea party folks want a big, big cuts. in. unemployment down to 8.8%. house speaker john boehner, is he in a tough spot? >> he is, but less about tough job on friday that he was on a thursday because that tea party rally on the capital, a grand total of 200 people showed up. the muscle that they promised to deliver and the threats that they have delivered to primary
[laughter] energy independence -- nationalism has become the underlying premise. >> two points on that speech. it looks like the president's policy on oil is drill in brazil. second, he said we would cut imports by 1/3 starting on the day of the swearing-in. why did he choose that day? that day we imported 11 million barrels a day, and today it is 9.7 million because of recession. he hasn't lifted a finger. the man is hope and change. [laughter] >> no comment. the congressional...
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would try and risk his reputation -- why would ryan risk his reputation with a speech that was full of energy -- he is the darling of this convention in some ways -- why would he risk all that by putting into at the things that are overtly false? >> i have a guess -- just a guess -- he is learning what it is to be the vice-presidential candidate. you are the hatchet. you are the hammer. they are going to sell your point of view. they are going to sell that barack obama took $700 billion out of welfare. -- medicare. if the candidate does not want to say it, then paul ryan has to say it. >> who is barack obama's hammer? >> joe biden. the vice-presidential candidate is usually the taft person, but you have to have some kernel of truth. there were blatant lies that were being told. >> a word on the republican party and minorities. >> if you look at the speakers, you have the strongest bench any party has had in memory. romney is sort of the old guy. you have got margo rubio -- marco rubio. you have these new governors. you have this new guy cruz from texas. all in their 40's who represent the fut
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it could include increased funding for energy stuff. there's a bipartisan proposal for aei and brookings on that. we're now entering one wonk. >> charlie: and it's the political season too. go ahead. >> one last point. imagine a deal is actually struck against all tawdz. there are billions of dollars in corporate treasures are now unleashed because the certainty issue is over. we know what's going to happen on social security, defense and healthcare. you have an incentive to hire people immediately. 20% of every wage. it is not impossible that by august of 2012 that you could have uneloyment a little under 8%. >> charlie: thank you. bill bradley, thank you, david leonhardt, thank you martin feldstein a pleasure to have you here. >> charlie: we turn now to iraq. on monday the country experienced the deadliest die of violence this year. more than a dozen bombs went off across the country killing over 60 peopleiring many more. the attacks have renewed fear the iraq forces could get overwhelmed after the u.s. with drawvmentz it's a critical
it could include increased funding for energy stuff. there's a bipartisan proposal for aei and brookings on that. we're now entering one wonk. >> charlie: and it's the political season too. go ahead. >> one last point. imagine a deal is actually struck against all tawdz. there are billions of dollars in corporate treasures are now unleashed because the certainty issue is over. we know what's going to happen on social security, defense and healthcare. you have an incentive to hire...
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an interstate highway system -- we need to do something about our dependence on foreign sources of energy. >> charles? >> it is a travesty. this is a time where we have high unemployment, creating jobs in a private industry that would not have cost the american treasury a sense. 1 cent. it is a time we have dependence on oil for people who -- from people who are not friends, from the middle east, russia, venezuela, and elsewhere. it is a source of secure oil. it is a slap at canada. the idea it would have any affect on the environment is ridiculous and the oil would have ended up in china. it is a disgraceful decision. >> republicans have won the debate. that simple. it is jobs. that is what it has been. and this is the jobs president and this is not a plus if you look at it politically. >> it is the most studied pipeline in american history. the state department reported it would be ok. he did it entirely as a political calculation. >> you got the last word. thanks. see you next week. >> for a transcript of this broadcast, log onto insidewashington.tv.
an interstate highway system -- we need to do something about our dependence on foreign sources of energy. >> charles? >> it is a travesty. this is a time where we have high unemployment, creating jobs in a private industry that would not have cost the american treasury a sense. 1 cent. it is a time we have dependence on oil for people who -- from people who are not friends, from the middle east, russia, venezuela, and elsewhere. it is a source of secure oil. it is a slap at canada....
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. >> many have spoken out on the need to transition to a clean energy future. at exelon, we are acting. by 2020, we are committed to reducing, offsetting, or displacing more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually from greening our operations, helping customers and communities reduce emissions, and offering more low carbon electricity in the marketplace. at exelon, we are taking action and we are seeing results. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television. now, your program host, nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king, and co-host linda gasparello. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello again, and thank you for coming along. i didn't mention that i asked the started a youtube channel on mecfs and it can be seen on youtube. now to introduce you to these wonderful people i have here. linda gasparello, as i mentioned, co-host of the program and the lady who likes to wear a hat -- wear hats. and i am very glad to have on the program carl cannon f
. >> many have spoken out on the need to transition to a clean energy future. at exelon, we are acting. by 2020, we are committed to reducing, offsetting, or displacing more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually from greening our operations, helping customers and communities reduce emissions, and offering more low carbon electricity in the marketplace. at exelon, we are taking action and we are seeing results. >> "white house chronicle" is...
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about insourcing and preventing outsourcing and changing the tax code to relate to it, the stuff on energy and natural gas. even though each proposal might have been small, if you add them up together, then you look toward a direction for the future that will be different if there is another four years under obama. and i thought he sounded strong and i mean there were times when his voice really had some little to it, lilt, sometimes it is flat but i thought it was up and down, and i like that part when it is up and down. >> did it remind you of 2004 convention speech? >> well, to the extent that he went into the military at the end, i thought that was in some ways the strongest part of the speech, when he talks about they are not rich or poor, they are not black and white, they are together in a common mission that was very much like we are not red and blue a at the 2004 speech and i think to start and end with the military was a way of the getting the whole audience to be with him, so i thought it was crafted pretty well. and agree with al, though it could have been shorter. >> rose: cli
about insourcing and preventing outsourcing and changing the tax code to relate to it, the stuff on energy and natural gas. even though each proposal might have been small, if you add them up together, then you look toward a direction for the future that will be different if there is another four years under obama. and i thought he sounded strong and i mean there were times when his voice really had some little to it, lilt, sometimes it is flat but i thought it was up and down, and i like that...
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today, if you want to control the energy in the united states, cap and trade, you want to shut down the coal industry, you want to suppress the new fracking technique which has produced a bonanza in gas and oil, then you do in the name of the planet, global warming. it allows a political class of experts, central government, to control economic lever is in a way that was done in the past in the name of the working class. >> i hear from people who know about this stuff that say we're headed towards energy independence. >> unless the epa stops us. >> charles, this is not as bad as all that. he wants to replace the national anthem with the international. >> he does talk about climate change. >> he talks about the science of climate change it and i'm talking about the president. >> i am talking about the president, too. he is the inaugural address to signal, this is what we have to deal with. this will not be accomplished in the next four years. it is important to begin this subject. you can argue about how it is done, but it will be addressed. >> science seems to be, overwhelmingly, moving
today, if you want to control the energy in the united states, cap and trade, you want to shut down the coal industry, you want to suppress the new fracking technique which has produced a bonanza in gas and oil, then you do in the name of the planet, global warming. it allows a political class of experts, central government, to control economic lever is in a way that was done in the past in the name of the working class. >> i hear from people who know about this stuff that say we're...
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would the american people trust washington to do what's right when they know that so much of their energy is focused on rewarding the people who brought them to the party? which is the wealthiest people in the country and organized corporate elite. we've got to clean up the money in politics problem. it's time to take that incredibly personal issue of your own personal finances and make them political. >> doing what? >> i think we need to stay politically involved on policy issues. we need to, as a generation, really be the generation that calls for and holds leaders accountable for cleaning up washington, for addressing the political inequality that is perpetuating economic inequality. we need to be a very politically engaged generation. we need to run for office. debt be damned. >> heather mcgee, i enjoyed this conversation. thank you for joining me. >> thank you so much for having me, bill. >> heather mcgee speaks how the neo liberal economic experience of the last 30 years, including cutting taxes on the rich and waiting for the wealth and prosperity to trickle down has left her gener
would the american people trust washington to do what's right when they know that so much of their energy is focused on rewarding the people who brought them to the party? which is the wealthiest people in the country and organized corporate elite. we've got to clean up the money in politics problem. it's time to take that incredibly personal issue of your own personal finances and make them political. >> doing what? >> i think we need to stay politically involved on policy issues....
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nina is right, a man who dedicated his life, an enormous talent and energy, to remembering the forgotten. i never in all my years, 11 presidential campaigns, seen any public figure with a more loving, natural, wonderful relationship with his own children, and with his wife, then sargent shriver. what you saw outside was exactly what you saw inside. >> a lovely man, sergeant shriver. what will the senate look like in 2012? >> i have decided it's time to turn the page to a new chapter. i will not be a catalyst for reelection to a fifth term to the united states send -- not be a candidate for reelection to a fifth term in the united states senate in 2012. that was not an easy decision, because i feel good about what i have accomplished. >> that was senator joe lieberman this week. he ran last time as an independent. democratic senator kent conrad will not run again. a lot of senate democrats facing tough reelection fight in 2012. any thoughts on what the next senate is going to look like, mark? >> right now you have to say it looks good with the republicans. two years is a lifetime in polit
nina is right, a man who dedicated his life, an enormous talent and energy, to remembering the forgotten. i never in all my years, 11 presidential campaigns, seen any public figure with a more loving, natural, wonderful relationship with his own children, and with his wife, then sargent shriver. what you saw outside was exactly what you saw inside. >> a lovely man, sergeant shriver. what will the senate look like in 2012? >> i have decided it's time to turn the page to a new...
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i had a lot of energy. i had a lot of yearning, a lot of unresolved sense of, i very much wanted to express myself and define myself and sort of navigate, you know. i was young, i was 20 years old and you know when you're 20 you just sort of receive the equipment that you've been issued for an entire lifetime. the body, the mind, the skills, the talents, appetites. those things were relatively new to me. songs were coming out and connecting all the time. so i was writing a lot. >> rose: was that the most fertile period for you ever. >> yes, it was. and then after i got enough success to be, to call myself a professional musician who did this for a living, a different and once i got the huge amount of recognition -- >> rose: the first album in "time" magazine cover in 1971. >> then that changed and it became less of a personal sort of private endeavor and kind of a process. but i was really just busting at the seams to express myself. delighted in the language and the music and the changes and you know every
i had a lot of energy. i had a lot of yearning, a lot of unresolved sense of, i very much wanted to express myself and define myself and sort of navigate, you know. i was young, i was 20 years old and you know when you're 20 you just sort of receive the equipment that you've been issued for an entire lifetime. the body, the mind, the skills, the talents, appetites. those things were relatively new to me. songs were coming out and connecting all the time. so i was writing a lot. >> rose:...
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it gives a huge amount of energy if the more extreme candidate does not win the nomination. if the more centrist wins and uses the energy of the tea party, then the republicans will have success. >> misery in the gulf of mexico continues pretty who will pay for the cleanup? the situation keeps going from bad to worse. new estimates of the spill oare on the estimate of the exxon valdez spill. attorney general eric holder claims it will not cost the american people a dime and that bp will be held responsible. the president of the chamber of commerce says that taxpayers should be contributing to the cleanup. what you think of that, colby? >> he is referring -- reflecting the views of the chamber of commerce and the private sector, so is john boehner, apparently -- >> no, he backed off from that. >> there is a lot in the way of helping them, and that taxpayers are going to pick up some part of the tab. bp is going to spend a large chunk of money on it. but we are all in this thing. >> look, there is no way that anybody can make the gulf whole. their economy is going to be savage
it gives a huge amount of energy if the more extreme candidate does not win the nomination. if the more centrist wins and uses the energy of the tea party, then the republicans will have success. >> misery in the gulf of mexico continues pretty who will pay for the cleanup? the situation keeps going from bad to worse. new estimates of the spill oare on the estimate of the exxon valdez spill. attorney general eric holder claims it will not cost the american people a dime and that bp will...
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we're not lacking for energy plans. what we've been lacking is the ability to create goals that have real consensus, that have metrics so we can figure out whether we're making progress and have real accountability. it's keeping track of those plans over time that our democracy is not really well designed for. >> ifill: let's talk about that, amy rice, if the truth is that, as jason puts it, that we have had new plans under i don't know how many presidents in a row, has anything really changed? i'm sorry, i called you amy rice. you're at rice but you're amy jafe, my apology, sorry. >> yes. so i mean we see... sort of the same speech over and over and over again from whoever is president. president bush in his state of the union said we're going to reduce imports by 20% by 2017. but the reality is if americans would be realistic, we're in a much better position today to do something than we were under all the other presidencies. we've had this discovery of a new resource in the united states or an existing resource that
we're not lacking for energy plans. what we've been lacking is the ability to create goals that have real consensus, that have metrics so we can figure out whether we're making progress and have real accountability. it's keeping track of those plans over time that our democracy is not really well designed for. >> ifill: let's talk about that, amy rice, if the truth is that, as jason puts it, that we have had new plans under i don't know how many presidents in a row, has anything really...
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we believe taxpayers should not be subsidizing any form of energy. currently, american oil and gas companies do not receive taxpayer subsidies, contrary to popular belief. there's not one credit in the tax code for us. uncle sam isn't taking money out of your pocket and giving it to any company. we benefit from deductions and cost recovery, just like any other industry. and we really want equitable treatment. if it's available for others, it should be available to us as well. >> woodruff: so who are you saying it is available to that is equivalent to what the oil industry gets? >> right, well, section 199, for example, is the jobs provision to create jobs. it's available to starfwurkz grinding imported coffee in the u.s. ask the "new york times" for printing papers. to single out our industry and use the tax code in a vindictive manner sends a signal. >> woodruff: tyson slocum, what about this argument, this industry, the oil and gas industry, is simply getting tax breaks that every other corporation in a similar situation gets? >> absolutely not. th
we believe taxpayers should not be subsidizing any form of energy. currently, american oil and gas companies do not receive taxpayer subsidies, contrary to popular belief. there's not one credit in the tax code for us. uncle sam isn't taking money out of your pocket and giving it to any company. we benefit from deductions and cost recovery, just like any other industry. and we really want equitable treatment. if it's available for others, it should be available to us as well. >> woodruff:...
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the actors put all their energy and their spirits but as an audience member she got the overflow. and that was a joyous beautiful thing. >> thank you about what's great about the work -- talk about what's great about the work, that's great growing up in such abject poverty and such dysfunction and to witness that performance and say that's what i want to do and now here i am at this time in my life, and systolsistand systol cicely tysy work. >> charlie: good luck and also in the movie you will make. >> thank you, i'll accept that. >> charlie: we'll reconvene right here at this table. >> yes. >> thank you very much. >> charlie: it's a pressure. thank you. " captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
the actors put all their energy and their spirits but as an audience member she got the overflow. and that was a joyous beautiful thing. >> thank you about what's great about the work -- talk about what's great about the work, that's great growing up in such abject poverty and such dysfunction and to witness that performance and say that's what i want to do and now here i am at this time in my life, and systolsistand systol cicely tysy work. >> charlie: good luck and also in the...
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my plan has five basic parts one, get us energy independent, north america energy independent. that creates about four million jobs. open up more trade, particularly in the lain america, crack down on china, if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed, and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number 4, get us to a balanced budget. number five, champion small business. it's small business that creates the jobs in america, and over the last four years, small business people have decided that america may not be the place to open a new business because new business start-ups are down to a 30-year low. i know what it takes to get small business growing again, to hire people. now, i'm concerned that the path we're on has just been unsuccessful. the president has a view very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago, that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will, trickle-down government would work. that's not the right answer for america. i'll restore the vitali
my plan has five basic parts one, get us energy independent, north america energy independent. that creates about four million jobs. open up more trade, particularly in the lain america, crack down on china, if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed, and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number 4, get us to a balanced budget. number five, champion small business. it's small business that creates the jobs in...
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. >> chevron, this is the power of human energy. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation, supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the obama administration today issued a new and revised ban on off shore drilling. last week a federal appeals court rejected the government's effort to restore its initial moratorium which denied any new permits for deep water projects and suspended drilling on 33 exploratory wells. the rules are the administration's second attempt to ban deep water drilling. and will apply to any floating facility with drilling activities and deep water technology. meanwhile in the gulf, work to reseal the leak with a new tighter cap began this weekend. one mile below the sea. if it's successful along with other measures, b.p. hopes to triple t
. >> chevron, this is the power of human energy. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation, supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the obama administration today issued a new...